Tag Archives: Chernobyl

Personal stories from the world’s worst nuclear disaster via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/04/05 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter Join an online event with Maxine Peake, Kate Brown, Darragh McKeon and Linda Walker on Sunday, April 25 to learn more, engage with the panelists and ask questions. Register here. What was it like to live through … Continue reading →

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A Fukushima lesson: Victim compensation schemes need updating via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/03/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Hirokazu Miyazaki  […] Today, nuclear energy is used to produce about 10 percent of electricity worldwide. However, the desire to limit the environmental impact of carbon-based energy sources is putting nuclear power generation in the spotlight. For example, the International … Continue reading →

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Remembering Fukushima 10 Years Later via Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Posted on 2021/03/05 by nfield

Oregon PSR remembers the nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daichii nuclear power plant in Japan on March 11th, 2011. To mark the ten year anniversary of this tragic event, we are hosting a film screening and panel discussion to explore … Continue reading →

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A grim reality: Living longterm in radioactively contaminated areas damages our health via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/02/19 by nfield

By Cindy Folkers A growing body of evidence supports a grim reality: that living in radioactively contaminated areas over multiple years results in harmful health impacts, particularly during pregnancy.  This is borne out in a recent study by Anton V. Korsakov, Emilia V. … Continue reading →

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Unsafe levels of radiation found in Chernobyl crops via Live Science

Posted on 2020/12/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Harry Baker The effects of the explosive 1986 disaster can still be seen in nearby crops. Crops grown near the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine are still contaminated with radiation from the explosive 1986 disaster.  In a new study, researchers found that … Continue reading →

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Temporal variations of 90Sr and 137Cs in atmospheric depositions after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident with long-term observations via Scientific Reports

Posted on 2020/12/17 by nfield

Takeshi Kinase,  Kouji Adachi,  Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama,  Mizuo Kajino,  Yuji Zaizen &  Yasuhito Igarashi  Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 21627 (2020)  Abstract We have measured artificial radionuclides, such as 90Sr and 137Cs, in atmospheric depositions since 1957 in Japan. We observed the variations in 90Sr and 137Cs, which were … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl ‘Exclusion Zone’ Radiation Doses Reanalyzed via Scientific American

Posted on 2020/11/28 by nfield

By Rachel Nuwer | Scientific American December 2020 Issue Evidence builds that animals are scarcer in more heavily contaminated areas […] “The effects we saw are consistent with conventional wisdom about radiation,” says University of South Carolina biologist Timothy Mousseau, co-author of the … Continue reading →

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Poisoned Beauty：inside the former closed town next to one of Russia’s largest nuclear power plants via Russia Z

Posted on 2020/11/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Soviet Union’s quest to split the atom was ideology-intensive. In Moscow, dedicated “isotope shops” showcased a brave new tech-driven world to members of the public. Young, beautiful physicists carefully explained the benefits of atoms and isotopes in real life applications … Continue reading →

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First assemblies loaded into new Chernobyl used fuel store via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2020/11/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The first canister of used nuclear fuel was yesterday loaded into the Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (ISF-2) at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine. ISF-2 is the largest dry-type used fuel storage facility in the world and has an … Continue reading →

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‘Brutal Truth’: Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Threatens Life Worldwide, Warns Environmental Journo via Sputnik

Posted on 2020/11/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

by Mohamed Elmaazi Sputnik: The Japanese government appears to have decided that they are going to dump radioactive waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Haven’t they already been doing this since the 2011 nuclear accident? Robert Hunziker: Since … Continue reading →

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